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For decades, Japan has tried to steer a neutral course through the Israeli-Palestinian dispute by calling for a negotiated settlement, although it has criticised Israel for allowing the ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan imposed asset-freeze sanctions on four individual Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, the government's top spokesperson said on Tuesday.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Israel's ambassador to Japan said on Thursday that his host country should be "vigilant" and look at what Hamas was doing with the aid it has previously extended to Palestinians.
Today relations between the two countries have centered around economic and scientific partnerships which mutually benefit each country. The two countries also cooperated in defense. [2] Up until the 1990s, Japan's trade relations with Arab League members and most Muslim-majority countries took a precedence over those with Israel. [3]
Before Japan and Palestine established official relations, one serious incident was triggered. Three Japanese Red Army terrorists, in coordination with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , killed 26 people in an indiscriminate shooting at the passenger terminal of Lod Airport on May 30, 1972.
Ambassadors of Japan to Israel (1 P) I. Israeli Japanologists (4 P) J. Japanese people of Israeli descent (1 C) Pages in category "Israel–Japan relations"
See Israel–Japan relations. The Japanese government refrained from appointing a Minister Plenipotentiary to Israel until 1955. Relations between the two states were distant at first, but after 1958, as demand no break occurred. This had been at the same time that OPEC had imposed an oil embargo against several countries, including Japan.
On July 20, 1973, PFLP and JRA operatives hijacked Japan Air Lines Flight 404, [10] demanding Okamoto's release in exchange for the hostages on board; Israel refused to comply. Okamoto was released in 1985 after 13 years in prison, as part of the Jibril Agreement , a prisoner exchange with Palestinian militant factions for captive Israeli soldiers.